Filter element



Nov. 1, 1949. J. B. CLARK 2,486,389

FILTER ELEMENT Filed June 1, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet l Offer/A5 s Nov. 1, 1949. J. B CLARK 2,486,389

FILTER ELEMENT Filed June 1, 1945 2 Sheets-Shoot 2 f l 36 39 i 37 jg. 3

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m'rnn stem-r i Joel 8. Clark, Canfle'ld, oliio,- asslgnor to The Auto ' 'acorporationoi0hio g Application June 1, 1945, Serial n 597,004

1 (cram-14o)- -1 o This invention relates tojfllter elements of the kind which may be removably into a shell or housing of a filter and removed therefrom and discarded whenthey beco ne plugged or filled withmaterial removed bet!!! filtered;

One oithe objects 'of this invention is to provide a filter element. of improved. construction, increased efliciency and longer life. Another object is to provide a filter element which can be more readily removed from a filter housing after irom the fluid. which is it has become filled with material removed from; the fluid being fllter'ed. A further object isi'o.

enclosed in a perforate restricting .band'or cylin-j Appliance Patents o Yotmllm Ohio,

removed through a drain fi'emovable plug 0. The upper part of the housing is provided with a discharge opening it for the filtrate. The upper end oi'the housing is closed by means of a cover or lid Ii which forms a tight seal with the upper end at thefllter housing by means of a gasket II. The lid may be pressed against the upper end of the housing by means or a screw it having a threaded engagement in a bracket it which may be mounted in any suitable manner so that the bracket and lid may be swung out oifits operative position shown in Fig. I -1, to permit access to the interior of the housing provide a filter element having a. portion thereof der which forms with the-wall of the filter housing a passage for the filtered fluid. Another object is to provide a filter element for use in a filter housing and having a portion of the lengththereoi restricted to form a passage for 'flltered fluid between said restricted part and said housing,

for removal and replacement of a filter element.

A strap-l8 may extend over the bracket i5 and' .have its lower ends secured to the lid "II to hold the lid and'bracket together. A spring member having a number of arms I! is preferably arand another part which is'unrestricted and en'- I gages the housing to form .a seal between the inlet and discharge parts oi'the housing.-

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a central sectional elevation ofa' filter.

containing a filter element embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof, on line Fig. 3 is a central sectional housing of different construction containing a filter element of modified construction.

to oil filters :oi the type commonly employed in connection with internal combustion engines for filtering the crank case oil, but it will be understood that it is not intended to limit this invention to such use.

In the particular embodiment of this invention illustrated by way of'example in Figs. l and 2, the

filter element shown is intended for use in connection with a filter housing including a substantially cylindrical body-portion 1, the lower portion of which terminates in a' substantially hemi-- spherical inlet portion 8 into which the fluid to be filtered is admitted, for example, through a pipe- (not shown) leading' into an inlet opening =9. Sediment collected in the inlet chamber may be ranged in the housing and bears against the lid Ii and the filtermass for-pressing the latter downwardly against an internally extending. annularshoulder it in the lower part of the housing. Housings of this type have heretofore been usedin connection with filters and of'themselves donot constitute a part of this inventiona In such-prior housings, thefilter element comprised a flltennass contained in abag oi fabric or the like and formed tofit snugly throughout elevation of a filter i1 and'the'pressure of the fluidto be flltered, I provide means for confiningor restricting a v its height against the cylindrical body portion 'I- oi the housing so-that the fluid to be filtered entered the lower portion ofthe bag from the inlet end ofthe filter housing and passed upwardly throughout the length of the bag to-the top therefabric or'other porous material, but instead of iormin'g the filter element so as to lmve all of its side portion pressed-against the cylindrical body portion m;- the housing'by means of the spring portionjoi the filter element-in such a manner 7 that this confined or-restrictedportionis in spaced relation to the cylindrical wall i. l'his restrictedportion-extendsirom one end of the filter element to adjacent the other end thereof,

- the end spaces of the filter'housing; The unrestricted zoneof the-filter element is free to conoo ioot' withminner surface-oi theY-wall oi the" thus forming a flow passage between the re stricted of the element and the housing, the passage thus formed'communicating with one of I provide a y or cylinder 54 in the lower middle portion of the filter element which extends upwardly from the lower edge thereof, and the lower edge of which may-rest on the annular disk 50.

The operation of this filter element is similar to that described in connection with the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The oil from the lower or inlet portion of the filter housing passes v upwardly into the perforated tube 54 and then passes through the filter element, either more or less radially from the perforations in the tube 54 toward the discharge passage formed between the perforate restricting cylinder 41 and the body portion 1 of the filter housing and some of the fluid may pass upwardly through the open end of the tube 54 into the filtermass and flow upwardly to the discharge end of the housing.

In addition to the advantages of my improved filter element which have already been stated, my improved element has the further advantage that the restricting bands or perforate cylinders 24 and 41, by confining the greater portion of the filtermass against contact with the inner surface of the cylindrical body portion I, greatly faclli tates the removal of the filter elements when the passages in the same have been plugged up by material removed from the fluid. In prior constructions, it was sometimes very difllcult to remove the filtermass from the filter housing because of the fact that the filtermass was packed tightly against the inner surface of the housing,

due to pressure of the fluid to be filtered and due to the fi'ling up of the filtermass with material filtered from the fi'uid. With my improved construction, the filter element bears against the filter housing only along a relatively small area at the bottom of the filter element, thus greatly facilitating the removal of the filter element from the housing.

While I have shown the bags 2| and 48 of the filter unit within the restricting cylinder 24, it will be obvious that if the filtermass is made of cotton waste or other fibrous material, the perforate restricting cylinder 24 may be arranged. in direct contact with the filtermass and with the bag outside of the restricting cylinder. The bag would, consequently. be in the flow passage 25, but

since these bags are made of relatively thin material, this would in no way interfere with the free fiow of the filtrate in this assage. If the filtermass is of granular or pow red material,

the bag is preferably confined within the restricting about the greater portion of the sides of said filtermass and extending from the upper end thereof into proximity to the lower end, the portion of said filter element from said lower end 2 thereof to the adjacent end of said restricting band being free to engage the inner surface of the filter housing to form a seal at the lower end of said hand between the inlet and the discharge thereof and said restricted portion forming a passage for filtered oil between said restricted part of said element and said housing and communicating with said discharge of said housing, a perforate plate at said lower end of said element,

a perforate tube extending from said plate into said filtermass, said perforatev plate having an opening registering with said perforate tube to establish communication between said tube and said inlet of said filter housing.

1 JOEL B. CLARK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED s'ra'ras PATENTS Number Name Date 2,130,237 Nooney Sept. 13, 1938 2,168,124 Hum -e Aug. 1, 1939 2,284,447 Redner May 26, 1942 2,298,674 Burhans Oct. 13, 1942 2,348,651 Bchelly May 9, 1944 to be filtered, a perforate restricting band extend- 

